Rexahn Pharmaceuticals to Present at Needham & Company’s 10th Annual Healthcare Conference
Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex: RNN), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company commercializing potential best in class oncology and CNS therapeutics, today announced that it will present at Needham & Company’s 10th Annual Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at 2:40 p.m. EDT in New York City.
Rexahn’s President and Chief Operating Officer, Rick Soni, and Chief Financial Officer, Ted Jeong, will provide a strategic business overview of the Company, including a discussion of its R&D pipeline.
About Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Rexahn Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing first in class and market leading therapeutics for cancer, CNS disorders, sexual dysfunction and other unmet medical needs. Rexahn currently has three drug candidates in Phase II clinical trials, Archexin®, Serdaxin®, and Zoraxel™ – all potential best in class therapeutics – and a robust pipeline of preclinical compounds to treat multiple cancers and CNS disorders. Rexahn also operates key R&D programs of nano-medicines, 3D-GOLD, and TIMES drug discovery platforms.
BioSante Pharmaceuticals to Host LibiGel® R&D Event in New York City
BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:BPAX) will host a review of female sexual dysfunction (FSD) and the safety of testosterone in women by independent experts, as well as an update of the LibiGel (testosterone gel) development program, for institutional investors and analysts on Thursday, April 7, 2011 in New York City. LibiGel is in Phase III clinical development for the treatment of FSD, specifically, hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) in menopausal women. Data from both LibiGel Phase III efficacy trials is expected in Fall 2011.
The LibiGel R&D Event will include presentations by independent experts in the fields of FSD and testosterone therapy, and BioSante’s management will speak about the LibiGel Phase III clinical development progress. The independent experts’ presentations include:
“Hypoactive Sexual Desire in Postmenopausal Women,” by Sheryl Kingsberg, PhD – Chief, Division of Behavioral Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, MacDonald Women’s Hospital; Professor of Reproductive Biology and Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
“Update on Testosterone Safety in Women,” by Glenn D. Braunstein, MD – Chairman, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
MonoSol Rx Issued Strategic US Patent Governing the Production of Pharmaceutical Films Containing Specific Drugs and Drug Classes
MonoSol Rx, the developers of PharmFilm® technology and a drug delivery company specializing in proprietary pharmaceutical film products, today announced that it has been granted U.S. patent No. 7,897,080 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent provides intellectual property protection for the Company’s methods of pharmaceutical film preparation along with the incorporation of specific drugs and polymer components.
Among the active categories covered in the patent are opiate and opiate derivatives such as buprenorphine and naloxone, anti-emetics such as ondansetron and granisetron hydrochloride, analgesics such as fentanyl, anti-migraines such as triptans, and anti-diabetics. Polymer components covered by the patent include carboxymethylcellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose and polyethylene oxide.
A. Mark Schobel, president and chief executive officer of MonoSol Rx, stated, “This latest patent provides undeniable affirmation that MonoSol Rx has the leading IP position in the development of pharmaceutical films and that our PharmFilm® technology is the industry standard for film drug delivery. Not only does this patent cover numerous actives and polymer components, but it also ensures that MonoSol Rx has process protection for the manufacturing of single and multi-layer films delivering a wide range of drug classifications through buccal and sublingual administration.”
Mr. Schobel continued, “Coupled with our prior patents, MonoSol Rx’s growing intellectual property portfolio offers clear competitive advantages to our current and prospective partners who view PharmFilm® as an ideal vehicle for delivering small or large molecules as well as sensitive prescription drug targets.”
About MonoSol Rx
MonoSol Rx is a specialty pharmaceutical company leveraging its proprietary PharmFilm® technology to deliver drugs in films. PharmFilm® is designed to benefit patients by improving the convenience, efficacy, and compliance of new and currently marketed drugs. The Company’s leadership in film drug delivery is supported by strong intellectual property, a portfolio of commercialized prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drug products, a pipeline of prescription formulations based on PharmFilm® technology, and two recent FDA approvals – Zuplenz® (ondansetron) oral soluble film 4 mg and 8 mg, the first approved prescription oral soluble film for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced, radiotherapy-induced, and postoperative nausea and vomiting, and Suboxone® (buprenorphine and naloxone) sublingual film 2 mg/0.5 mg and 8 mg/2 mg CIII, the first sublingual film product for the treatment of opioid dependence.
MonoSol Rx’s commercialization strategy for all PharmFilm® products is to partner with the innovator or other specialty pharma companies that can sell-in and manage product sales and marketing. PharmFilm® is also a tool to help sales and marketing partners differentiate in competitive markets while offering unique advantages over drugs dosed by traditional tablets, capsules and orally disintegrating tablets (ODTs).